The MLB-worst Chicago White Sox simply suffered their ninth-straight loss in Friday’s 12–5 defeat in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers. One Sox broadcaster, nevertheless, is protecting his head up.
NBC Sports activities Chicago play-by-play announcer John Schriffen, who changed Jason Benetti in January, changed into the butt of jokes on social media when he made an optimistic assertion concerning the staff that arguably bordered on a state of denial.
Throughout Friday’s recreation, Schriffen instructed sales space mate Steve Stone, “It seems like this run the White Sox are on, we’re catching groups on the incorrect time.”
A pause was drawn out earlier than Stone replied, chuckling, “Effectively, there’s that. There’s a number of different causes. However that’s definitely certainly one of them.”
The White Sox fell to 15-43 following their loss to Milwaukee having dropped 13 of their final 14 video games. Schriffen seemingly tried to chalk up their abysmal kind to scheduling woes, although one might argue that if that’s the case, the White Sox’s complete MLB schedule is doing them in.
Chicago owns a league-worst -134 run differential and went 6–24 within the months of March and April and 9–19 in Could, their worst start in franchise history.
Followers on X (previously generally known as Twitter) roasted Schriffen for his fanciful theories.